From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 10 13:10:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9B3A16A4CE for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 13:10:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B568443D60 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 13:10:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i4AKAFMe017591 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 13:10:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i4AKAFhc017590; Mon, 10 May 2004 13:10:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 13:10:15 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200405102010.i4AKAFhc017590@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Julien Gabel Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83BFF16A4D7 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 13:08:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.thilelli.net (jgabel.net1.nerim.net [80.65.226.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D6443D4C for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 13:08:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgabel@thilelli.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.thilelli.net [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A4AF78C4A for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 22:08:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bento.thilelli.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bento.thilelli.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 62162-08 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 22:08:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from boboche.thilelli.net (boboche.thilelli.net [192.168.0.105]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D2378C43 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 22:08:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: by boboche.thilelli.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 74D071701F; Mon, 10 May 2004 22:08:45 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20040510200845.74D071701F@boboche.thilelli.net> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:08:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Julien Gabel To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/66493: [PATCH] Little updates for the tuning(7) man page: bsdlabel(8) and sysctl hw.ata.tags X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Julien Gabel List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 20:10:20 -0000 >Number: 66493 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] Little updates for the tuning(7) man page: bsdlabel(8) and sysctl hw.ata.tags >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon May 10 13:10:15 PDT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Julien Gabel >Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD boboche.thilelli.net 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Sun May 9 15:06:19 CEST 2004 root@boboche.thilelli.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BOBOCHE i386 >Description: Update the tuning(7) manual page in order to reflect the use of bsdlalbel(8) instead of disklabel(8) ; and remove the note about the "new experimental feature" via the hw.ata.tags tunable which seems not longer exists. >How-To-Repeat: At the prompt: $ man 7 tuning And read... :) >Fix: Here is a quick patch for the corresponding manual page source: $ diff -u /usr/src/share/man/man7/tuning.7 man7/tuning.7 --- /usr/src/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Mon Sep 15 01:44:55 2003 +++ man7/tuning.7 Mon May 10 21:57:53 2004 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ .Nd performance tuning under FreeBSD .Sh SYSTEM SETUP - DISKLABEL, NEWFS, TUNEFS, SWAP When using -.Xr disklabel 8 +.Xr bsdlabel 8 or .Xr sysinstall 8 to lay out your file systems on a hard disk it is important to remember @@ -858,18 +858,6 @@ .Xr ata 4 man page. .Pp -There is a new experimental feature for IDE hard drives called -.Va hw.ata.tags -(you also set this in the boot loader) which allows write caching to be safely -turned on. -This brings SCSI tagging features to IDE drives. -As of this -writing only IBM DPTA and DTLA drives support the feature. -Warning! -These -drives apparently have quality control problems and I do not recommend -purchasing them at this time. -If you need performance, go with SCSI. .Sh CPU, MEMORY, DISK, NETWORK The type of tuning you do depends heavily on where your system begins to bottleneck as load increases. @@ -934,7 +922,7 @@ .Xr boot 8 , .Xr ccdconfig 8 , .Xr config 8 , -.Xr disklabel 8 , +.Xr bsdlabel 8 , .Xr fsck 8 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr ipfw 8 , >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: